THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER CONTINUES TO EXPAND. THIS AFTERNOON WE WERE THERE FOR A CELEBRATION AT THE DURHAM RESEARCH CENTER .. A RIBBON CUTTING, INTRODUCING THE "MARY AND DICK HOLLAND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE PROGRAM." A NEW DONATION FROM THEIR FAMILY IS HELPING FUND NEW RESEARCH IN THE GROWING FIELD. ON THE HEALTH WATCH K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH 7'S KYLE GRAVLIN TAKES US INSIDE THE NEW FACILITY.. LOOKING AT WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR NEBRASKANS. IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE...THERE'S CONSTANT PURSUIT FOR BREAKTHROUGHS AND CURES. THAT'S WHAT RESEARCHERS IN UNMC'S REGENERATIVE MEDICINE LAB CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR.(Nora Sarvetnick: Many diseases were considered fatal, and regenerative medicine really changes the outcome of those diseases so they can be cured and managed.) REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUSES ON THE REPAIR, REPLACEMENT AND REGENERATION OF CELLS, TISSUES, AND ORGANS. THE HOPE BEING THAT BY REPAIRING AND REPLACING DAMAGED CELLS... PEOPLE CAN BETTER FIGHT DISEASE, INJURY... EVEN AGING. (Nora Sarvetnick: If you have cancer, if you need to have an organ taken out...a new organ can be grown in the lab...that's really a vision.) BUT IT'S A VISION WITHIN OUR SIGHTS... ANDREW DUDLEY WITH UNMC FOCUSES ON BONE AND CARTILAGE DEVELOPMENT. (Andrew Dudley: I think for what we're talking about...we're a couple decades out ...it's still going to take a few decades to get to the end point.) THE END POINT BEING A WORLD WHERE DIABETES IS CURED...HEART ISSUES AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES ...FULLY TREATED. BREAKTHROUGHS LIKE THAT ARE WAY DOWN THE ROAD... BUT EVEN IN THE NEXT DECADE DUDLEY THINKS PROGRESS CAN STILL BE MADE.(Andrew Dudley: I think the idea of outpatient hospital or short-term hospital stays is really the near-term goal for us.) AND WITH THIS NEW DONATION FROM DICK HOLLAND...UNMC'S REGENERATIVE MEDICINE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO WORK ON IT'S MAIN GOAL. ENHANCING AND EXTENDING QUALITY OF LIFE. (Nora Sarvetnick: It really changes the whole face of medicine and healing...so this will be very important for Nebraskans.) IN OMAHA, KG, KETV NW7. THE NEW PROGRAM STANDS TO ADD FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS.. OFFICIALS SAY NEW INNOVATIONS AND INVENTIONS COULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE METRO.

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